Object Details
Artist
Dan Winters, born 21 Oct 1962
Sitter
Joyce Carol Oates, born 16 Jun 1938
Exhibition Label
Born Lockport, New York
A prolific, award-winning author, Joyce Carol Oates has published more than one hundred books, approximately sixty of them novels. She also writes poetry, short stories, essays, and criticism, and for a number of years, she taught creative writing at Princeton University. Oates won the National Book Award in 1969 for her novel them, and she has since been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Many of her short stories and novels feature fictionalized versions of real people and situations. Blonde (2000), for example, is a historical novel that imagines the inner life of movie star Marilyn Monroe. Oates often places her work on the fringes of science fiction and fantasy, and frequently explores Gothic themes. In 2010, Oates received a National Humanities Medal, and some critics predict that she will be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in the future.
Nacida en Lockport, Nueva York
Autora fecunda y galardonada, Joyce Carol Oates ha publicado más de 100 libros, incluidas unas 60 novelas. También escribe poesía, cuentos, ensayos y crítica, además de haber enseñado escritura creativa en la Universidad de Princeton.
Oates obtuvo el Premio Nacional del Libro en 1969 por su novela ellos, y posteriormente ha sido nominada para el Premio Pulitzer. Muchos de sus cuentos y novelas crean versiones ficcionalizadas de personas y situaciones reales. Por ejemplo, Blonde (2000) es una novela histórica que imagina la vida íntima de la estrella de cine Marilyn Monroe. Oates suele colocar sus obras en los márgenes de la ciencia ficción y la fantasía, y a menudo explora temas góticos. En 2010 recibió la Medalla Nacional de las Humanidades y varios críticos auguran que en el futuro obtendrá el Premio Nobel de Literatura.
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Bill and Sally Wittliff
Date
2007 (printed 2010)
Object number
NPG.2010.42
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Copyright
© Dan Winters Photography
Type
Photograph
Medium
Inkjet print
Dimensions
Image: 45 x 34.9 cm (17 11/16 x 13 3/4")
Sheet: 50.9 x 40.7 cm (20 1/16 x 16")
Mat: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22")
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Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Topic
Costume\Jewelry\Earring
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
Printed Material\Book
Costume\Jewelry\Ring
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Costume\Jewelry\Watch
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Bookcase
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Desk
Home Furnishings\Lighting Devices\Lamp
Architecture\Door
Interior\Domestic\Study
Joyce Carol Oates: Female
Joyce Carol Oates: Arts and Culture\Education and Scholarship\Educator\Professor
Joyce Carol Oates: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Poet
Joyce Carol Oates: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Novelist
Joyce Carol Oates: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Playwright
Joyce Carol Oates: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Essayist
Joyce Carol Oates: Arts and Culture\Literature\Literary critic
Joyce Carol Oates: National Humanities Medal
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Record ID
npg_NPG.2010.42